I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

Time passed, and two more days passed.

Anding County seems to be living a peaceful life without any disasters.

early morning.

The loud sound of horse hooves outside the city broke the silence.

dusty.

The officers and soldiers guarding the city gates panicked when they saw the army approaching from a distance. They thought it was the barbarians from the grasslands heading south again, and they immediately shouted, "Close the city gates!"

The city gate was quickly closed, and a tense atmosphere filled the Anding City Tower.

A moment later, the army outside the city arrived at the foot of the city, and a wave of oppressive feeling came over it.

After carefully observing their armor, uniforms, and fluttering military flags, someone on the tower couldn't help but exclaimed, "It's the Six Garrison Army!"

The so-called Six Garrisons is a general term for the imperial army in the six states in the northern border of Dayan. They are the main elite forces of the imperial court in fighting against the barbarians in Mobei.

Now that it has appeared in Anding County, everyone can't help but feel nervous.

I only heard someone outside the city shouting, "The Governor of the Six Towns is here, you guys better open the city gates to welcome him!"

The officers and soldiers on the tower were at a loss, unable to verify the truth, and could only say, "Go find Lord Jiang!"

Jiangzuo Mansion.

The county magistrate was sitting under the pavilion at this moment, his eyes fixed on that side room.

At this moment, Jiang Zuo was waiting for Chen Qingyun to wake up, and then chat with him as usual.

Such a comfortable life is really a joy in life.

Before Miss Chen Siyue arrived, Jiang Zuo only received an urgent report.

"Master Jiang, there are many soldiers gathered outside the city, claiming to be the Six Towns Army. Please go and take a look."

Hearing this, Jiang Zuo frowned immediately, not knowing what would happen next. He quickly prepared himself and rode his horse towards the city gate.

When we got to the top of the city wall and looked around, we saw elite soldiers in armor all around.

"Why haven't you opened the city gate yet? What crime should you be punished for such negligence?"

The man below the city wall continued to shout loudly.

"I am the Magistrate of Anding County. May I ask what brings you here?"

Jiang Zuo responded loudly.

The man rode forward, took out his token, and said in a loud voice: "I am Wang Yingjie, the Left Cavalry General of the Six Garrisons. I have come to Anding to take over the barracks under the order of Your Majesty."

Take over the barracks?

The man's words immediately made Jiang Zuo feel uneasy.

"Open the city gate."

Jiang Zuo ordered.

Soon, the city gates were opened and the Six Garrison Army entered Anding County in an orderly manner.

There are about 30,000 soldiers and horses outside the city. If they all enter the city, how to accommodate them becomes a problem.

However, the Left Cavalry General Wang Yingjie seemed to have made arrangements in advance and ordered most of the troops to set up camp outside the city.

Jiang Zuo came down from the city wall, came to Wang Yingjie's horse, leaned over and said: "I am Jiang Zuo, the magistrate of Anding County, and I am honored to meet General Wang."

Wang Yingjie was still sitting on his horse. He just glanced at Jiang Zuo and said calmly, "Oh? So you are Jiang Zuo."

Jiang Zuo could sense some impatience and impoliteness in the other party's words.

"This is Yan Kang, the governor of the Six Garrisons, Lord Yan."

After a moment, Wang Yingjie turned around and introduced.

Jiang Zuo shifted his gaze and saw an old man sitting in the carriage.

Yan Kang is over sixty years old, has a gray goatee and a dignified look.

Governor of the Six Towns?

He was the largest military commander among the six northern towns, in charge of an army of over 100,000. His official rank was far higher than that of the General Zhenbei who had just been appointed by Jiang Zuo.

“Isn’t this a boss sent from heaven?”

Jiang Zuo quickly understood everything.

This is because the current emperor does not trust him and wants to send a more senior military officer to supervise him.

"Greetings, His Excellency the Governor." Jiang Zuo said respectfully.

The governor did not speak, but nodded silently.

"Your Majesty sent me here to prepare for the expulsion of the barbarians from the north. You must cooperate well."

Wang Yingjie was so arrogant that he didn't even want to look at Jiang Zuo when he said this.

Cooperate well?

Jiang Zuo was unhappy. "Didn't the empress appoint me as the General of the Northern Frontier? Is she sending my superior to supervise me now?"

"Where is the barracks in Anding County? This general needs to go and take over." Wang Yingjie said again.

Hearing this, Jiang Zuo knew that the visitor had ill intentions.

"General, this way please."

Jiang Zuo agreed on the surface, and then brought Wang Yingjie and others to the government barracks.

Wang Yingjie rode his horse around the barracks twice, shook his head and said, "Not this one, there is another one."

"The second one?"

Jiang Zuo did not understand what he meant, and explained: "General Wang, this is the barracks of Anding County, there is no other place."

Wang Yingjie didn't say anything, just glanced at Jiang Zuo, then rode his horse forward two steps silently.

A moment later, a soldier rode up on horseback and whispered something to Wang Yingjie.

Wang Yingjie nodded, then turned his horse and headed in another direction, completely ignoring Jiang Zuo.

Jiang Zuo was extremely confused and hurriedly rode his horse to catch up. When he arrived at the destination, he suddenly felt a little panicked.

Because the place where the Six Towns Army came to was the arsenal in Anding County.

"What are they doing here?"

Jiang Zuo was shocked.

After a while, Wang Yingjie came out of the arsenal and said calmly, "This place is now under the control of the Six Towns Army."

As Wang Yingjie spoke, he ordered his subordinates to enter the arsenal and take over the entire situation.

All the people from Anding County who originally worked in the arsenal were driven out.

"General, this is against the rules."

Jiang Zuo looked solemn.

"What rules?" Wang Yingjie asked back.

A hint of anger flashed in Jiang Zuo's eyes.

How on earth did they know where this arsenal was?

Jiang Zuo doesn’t understand.

"If I remember correctly, the county magistrate has no right to privately manufacture weapons and armor. Jiang Zuo, don't you know that what you have done is punishable by death? Do you want me to report this to the emperor?"

Wang Yingjie's words were full of threats.

Jiang Zuo frowned and didn't respond for a while.

The situation is stronger than people. No matter how Jiang Zuo refutes now, he cannot change the fact that the Six Towns Army has taken away the arsenal.

The arsenal he had worked so hard to run for many years was taken away by the imperial court. Naturally, he was extremely angry.

The latest batch of flintlock rifles had just been produced not long ago and were about to be put into use, but at this critical moment, they were suddenly intercepted by someone.

The thing Jiang Zuo feared most finally happened.

After running Anding County for so long, what he feared most was that the imperial court would send people to pick the fruits.

"You bitch, I'm not done with you!"

Jiang Zuo didn't need to guess, he knew it must be the order of the empress.

But he didn't understand why the empress knew so much about the situation in Anding County.

Could it be...

"There are spies of the Empress in Anding County!"

Absolutely.

Jiang Zuo suddenly came to his senses.

"Could it be the Qianqi Division?"

Jiang Zuo fell into deep thought, thinking that Situ Hua was usually very majestic and unkind, and he must be the person the empress specially arranged to monitor Jiang Zuo.

Not all the Thousand Cavalry Officers are like Ma Hengwei.

Jiang Zuo knew it very well.

"Good fellow, then my every word and action is under the surveillance of the Thousand Cavalry Division..."